Reckless driver tells cop squirrel was eating him

Driver Warren Thomas Michael III pulled over after swerving and weaving on and off a road in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday night and told a Clay County sheriff’s deputy that the squirrel did it, wptv.com is reporting:

Michael opened his window to greet officers, he wasn’t holding his driver’s license and registration — he was holding a squirrel.

“Upon contact with the defendant, he immediately told me he had a squirrel eating him,” the arresting officer said in a report.

The 23-year-old Fleming Island man was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and without a seat belt, jacksonville.com reports.

As for the squirrel, his girlfriend reportedly picked it up with his pickup.